## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##Third Saudi guard dies after shootout on Iraqi borderMilitants killed two Saudi border guards and their commanding officer on the frontier with Iraq early on Monday, the interior ministry said, in a suicide and gun attack one analyst called ISIL's first assault on the kingdom.

With crude prices down more than 50 percent from their 2014 peak, fields as far-flung as Kazakhstan and Australia are no longer worth pumping, said a team of Citigroup Inc. (C) analysts led by Alastair Syme. Companies on the hook for risky, high-cost projects that don't make sense in a $48-a-barrel market include international titans such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and small wildcatters like Sanchez Energy Corp. (SN)The coming showdown between Canadian and Saudi oil producers on the U.S. Gulf CoastA fight between Canadian and Saudi Arabian oil producers is expected to play out on the U.S. Gulf Coast during the course of this year, as the two countries battle for market share in the world's largest refining district. The fight could help keep oil prices depressed for another six months.